# Background downloading on iOS

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/background-downloading-on-ios/809813>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** ios-legacy, downloads\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/background-downloading-on-ios/809813 "2022-09-07T15:07:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/background-downloading-on-ios/809813/2 "2022-09-07T16:34:24Z")

</div>

There’s already an existing feature suggestion discussing that exact option. I suggest you comment/vote in that thread in order to avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.

> [@iOS allows background downloads, why doesn’t Plex enable it](https://forums.plex.tv/t/ios-allows-background-downloads-why-doesn-t-plex-enable-it/799557):
>
> The downloads feature is severely crippled by the app needing to be open

# 

I’ll therefore close this thread as a duplicate.

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/background-downloading-on-ios/809813)._